securocrat
securocrat noun: any of the members of the police and security service that dominated the South African government in the 1980s.
Noun
securocrat (plural securocrats)
- Any of the members of the police and security service that dominated the South African government in the 1980s.
- An influential official of the security services of any country.
- I am a securocrat, it’s people like me, in the security services, people with a narrow responsibility for counter-terrorism. It is better for that to be defined by wider society and not securocrats.2014, Sir Peter Fahy, “Britain could drift towards a police state, says one of Britain’s top police officers”, in The Independent
- Washington and its partners need to work out how to talk to Xi's new cohort of technocrats, securocrats and ideologues.2023 May 28, Evan Medeiros, “America must grasp the opportunity to stabilise relations with China”, in FT Weekend, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 9
Forms of securocrat
| plural | securocrats |
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Origin of securocrat
From security + -crat (perhaps to rhyme with bureaucrat).
Questions about securocrat
- What does securocrat mean?
- Securocrat means any of the members of the police and security service that dominated the South African government in the 1980s.
- What part of speech is securocrat?
- Securocrat is a noun.
- What is the plural of securocrat?
- The plural of securocrat is securocrats.
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